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Deputy Charged with Murder After Shooting Defenseless Black Woman, Sonya Massey, in Her Home
Body-cam footage shows Sonya Massey's fatal shooting by Deputy Grayson, sparking outrage and murder charges.
From MLK to today, the March on Washington highlights the evolution of activism by Black churches
The March on Washington of 1963 is remembered most for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Kamala Harris to mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma
Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Alabama this weekend to commemorate a key moment of the civil rights movement.
3 former presidents mourn John Lewis at funeral in Atlanta
John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history.
Better Late than Never: House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Emmett Till
Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law.
Hairy Issues: Legislation passes in New Jersey to end discrimination against natural hair in New Jersey
EEW Magazine Online commends New Jersey for becoming the third state to ban discrimination against black students and employees over their natural hairstyles. The CROWN Act—Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair— passed in the state legislature of New Jersey.
Amber Guyger convicted of murder in killing of Botham Jean
A Texas jury flat out rejected former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger’s absurd and bogus self-defense claims in the fatal 2018 shooting of an innocent man eating ice cream in his own home. The 12-member jury convicted the 31-year-old of murder for shooting Botham Jean.
Rest Well: Juanita Abernathy, business plan writer for 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, dies at 88
Juanita Abernathy, who wrote the business plan for the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and took other influential steps in helping to build the American civil rights movement, died Thursday. She was 88. A family spokesman confirmed she died following complications from a stroke.
Racial Divide: MLK daughter Bernice King ‘struggling real bad’ with ‘white evangelical church’
Dr. Bernice King, youngest daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., admits she has an issue with some of her white Christian counterparts that seem okay with the racially divisive climate of the day. “I’m struggling real bad with my brothers and sisters in the white evangelical church,” she confesses.
Recommended Viewing: Netflix’s ‘The Two Killings of Sam Cooke'
Sam Cooke, the soul legend who wrote and sung the iconic civil rights anthem, "A Change is Gonna Come,” which was released posthumously, has a story as powerful as his music. Netflix's “The Two Killings of Sam Cooke” is a must-watch documentary.
Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says Jesus treated men and women as equals
In the 21st century, as many women still struggle to find their definitive place in a patriarchal society, feminist author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, argues that when Jesus walked the earth, He saw men and women as equals. Read her thoughts and see what you think about her argument.